Phylogeny of Adeleid Blood Parasites with a Partial Systematic Revision of the Haemogregarine Complex |
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Authors: | MARK E SIDDALL |
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Institution: | Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto. Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT. The phylogenetic relationships of taxa representative of blood parasitic adeleids were investigated in a cladistic analysis. Two phylogenetic analyses were performed. Monophyly of species of Haemogregarina (sensu lato) of some marine fishes with species of Haemogregarina (sensu stricto) was not supported in either analysis. A new genus, Desseria n. g., was created to accommodate these species. The historical burden placed on the genus Haemogregarina Danilewsky, 1885 as a repository for poorly known and inadequately described species is partially relieved through taxonomic revisions involving the genera Haemogregarina , and Desseria n. g. |
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Keywords: | Cladistics fish turtle leech parasite |
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